Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-22
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
A Graphic Description Of Now York
Famous City Of the Dead.

n drhpuiC DcNCrlptlOu OF NOW ESEAu y
Famous City Of the Dead.
Imagine that you arc in Greenwood
Cemetery. 1t is big place of about
600 acres. with twenty-five miles OF
carriage track. eighteen miles Of path
way, 20. 900 burial lots and 240 900
persons have been buried here since
1870. 1t is n beautiful place. you seci
naturally full Of gulches and knolls, all
Of which have been utilized to their
fullest extent by time and money 10
has eight lakes, each with fountain,
and the grass-just feel of its soft
as green plush. Natural trees arc
supplemented by planted ones, all
trimmed and trained TO their best be-
havior. but you win notice the lowest
flowers you over saw in n cemetery.
It looks rs though those buried in
Greenwood disdaincd so Cheap an
ornament rs flowers. Sec that purple
hydrangea- First you ever sawP
Same with me. Tho bell tolls all day,
and that, with tho suggestive click Of
the chiscl. mingling with the chirp Of
the grasshoppers and the grind Of the
carriage wheels. arc tho sounds which
break tho stiffness of this vast city Of
tho dead.
This huge receiving tomb is capable
of holding 10. 900 bodies Beecher is
lying in there now waiting for the
completion of the subscription list
Here lies John Roach, the great ship
builder. who recently died of dis
ease similar to that which carried of
Grant. Here ia n monument erected
by an old sea captain fifteen years pc
fore his death. See that monument
like temple. l forget whose 1t is.
but It was made by the prisoners at
Sing Sing aud is a magnificent pieco
OF workmanship. That Schormerhorn
lot is on property owned by tho family
before the cemetery was Incorporated.
So with tho largo rouni lot below.
where the row Of headstones is ranged.
That was once whole churohyard
and burylng ground When the
church had to DO moved the bones
were collected in one spot and these
stones and this monument erected to
their memory.
Here Is the most expensive and at
the same time the most interesting
monument on the grounds 1t Is that
Of o young lady who, on her seven
teenth birthday, was thrown from her
carriage and killed while on her way
TO ball. In tho monument is cut
life-sized likeness Of the girl, repre-
senting her Just as she was arrayed for
the fatal festival. The lace, ribbons.
flowers and Jewels of her costume are
faithfully reproduced in the alabastar,
at cost of $45. 900 Here is monu-
mont and bronze bust Of Horace
Greedy, the PEDESTAL representing a
rough plough, a pom and SCROLL and
the young Greedy at his printing case.
There is the monument of the Browns.
bankers, six Of whom were lost to-
gether at sea. 1t is descriptive of the
sad catastrophe. The firemen's monu-
ment is surmounted by tho figure Of Q
fireman holding little child In his
arms, and things connected with the
department are illustrated on its base
This monument is touching tribute
to the memory Of tho foster mother Of
Harry Howard, ex-chief engineer Of the
fire department. and represents her as
adopting him when saved from burn
| ing building as child.
But the most unique thing in inter-
ment Is that Of five maiden ladios-sis'
ters-whoso ages ranged from one
hundred to one hundred and seventeen
years, and who all died within few
years of each other. Tho lot In which
they are buried is called the "Old
Maids Plot" This tomb of G. K
Garrison, ex-Mayor Of San Francisco
is a beautiful thing In Oriental design
This wonderful monument to George
Law Is testimonial to a man o.
pluck. Whom young fellow he
walked through tho streets OF New
York wanting a moal. Passing by
some new building. by some accident
hod-carrier fell of dead at his feet
Hungry George applied for the job ant
got 1t. The Soldiers' Monument is ar
object of interest In any cemetery
but this of Greenwood outtops AM
thing ever saw Tho hugo spire Ii
effective In black and gray. Figures
representing the four divisions Of th'
army were east of captured cannon. A
unique fence is made Of guns with fxeG
bayonets. A sad sight is this larg'
circular lot in which are buried on
hundred and five unrecognizable vic
tins of the Brooklyn Theater fire IL
1876. Greenwood is a great museum
Of mortality. Fannie Edgar Thomas
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